To 2012htch: I'm also in the city--Manhattan. At which dealer did you buy the car?

Rye NY. They called me when they received the first two cars. I had done an internet inquiry about a month before. They were no BS i financed with FORD. It wasn't the best rate but I have been a loyal Ford customer and have had great experiences with them! I wish Ford great success! in Queens!

Posted via FF Mobile Yes noobs lol, Im sorry but the trip computer is not very reliable. First off you need to break the car in. Then you need to be figuring out gas mileage by driving with a full tank, and when you go to fill up again, take the amount of gallons (exact) that went in and divide the miles you drove that your trip readout says with it. (trip readout/gallons put in = cars average mpg.)

Well that was unecessarily insulting... I'm pretty sure we all know that the built in MPG reader may or may not be accurate. However, sometimes that's the best we can get. For me, the Focus is my wifes car. I get to drive it now and then, but certainly not most the time. And if you think that I am going to convince the wife to stand next to the car at the station and fill it up to the very tippy top, and then run the numbers on a calculator for me, then you don't know my wife. lol, I'm pretty sure my arguement of "but some folks on this internet site want to know the mpg!" would fall flat on its face.

Anyhow, You should be more nice to people, insulting people is a quick way to thin the ranks on any online forum.

Posted via FF Mobile Yes noobs lol, Im sorry but the trip computer is not very reliable. First off you need to break the car in. Then you need to be figuring out gas mileage by driving with a full tank, and when you go to fill up again, take the amount of gallons (exact) that went in and divide the miles you drove that your trip readout says with it. (trip readout/gallons put in = cars average mpg.)

What information do you have to support that statement though? The trip computer is pretty accurate in every car I've had with the function (multiple Fords, a Jaguar, and my current Infinit G37). Even when the car isn't broken in, the trip computer isn't going to calculate the mileage any different than when the car is new. I calculated the first tank of gas in my Focus and it's spot on with the gas mileage. I averaged 32 MPG, 387 Miles with the gas needle flat-lining. Trip computer says: 32.2

If nothing else, it's spot on in my Focus and my 08 Explorer V8 that averaged 13 MPG when new and 16 MPG now. Both reflected by the trip computer.

Well that was unecessarily insulting... I'm pretty sure we all know that the built in MPG reader may or may not be accurate. However, sometimes that's the best we can get. For me, the Focus is my wifes car. I get to drive it now and then, but certainly not most the time. And if you think that I am going to convince the wife to stand next to the car at the station and fill it up to the very tippy top, and then run the numbers on a calculator for me, then you don't know my wife. lol, I'm pretty sure my arguement of "but some folks on this internet site want to know the mpg!" would fall flat on its face.

Anyhow, You should be more nice to people, insulting people is a quick way to thin the ranks on any online forum.

Dont take it so seriously, that is why I put LOL after noobs. And noobs didnt mean, incompetent morons, it meant...well noobs to the forum. Should I of used newbs or newbbies instead?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spartan12

What information do you have to support that statement though? The trip computer is pretty accurate in every car I've had with the function (multiple Fords, a Jaguar, and my current Infinit G37). Even when the car isn't broken in, the trip computer isn't going to calculate the mileage any different than when the car is new. I calculated the first tank of gas in my Focus and it's spot on with the gas mileage. I averaged 32 MPG, 387 Miles with the gas needle flat-lining. Trip computer says: 32.2

If nothing else, it's spot on in my Focus and my 08 Explorer V8 that averaged 13 MPG when new and 16 MPG now. Both reflected by the trip computer.

More often then not the read out on the dash changes due to conditions and will give you what your car is averaging at that moment. Its not necessarily what you average will be after a full tank, like what the other equation will dictate. Granted neither of these are 100% accurate.

Dont take it so seriously, that is why I put LOL after noobs. And noobs didnt mean, incompetent morons, it meant...well noobs to the forum. Should I of used newbs or newbbies instead?

More often then not the read out on the dash changes due to conditions and will give you what your car is averaging at that moment. Its not necessarily what you average will be after a full tank, like what the other equation will dictate. Granted neither of these are 100% accurate.

Haha, yeah, i think i was a little too harsh there. That'll teach me for trying to post to a forum so early in the morning and more importantly, before my coffee... nothing looks good in the morning before coffee...

Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the Ford Focus Forum, Ford Focus ST Forum, Ford Focus RS Forum forums, you must first register.
Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

What I Drive

Year, color, and model of your car. Example: 2003 Pitch Black ZX3

Name

Your real name.

City

State

Country

Insurance

Please select your insurance company (Optional)

Log-in

User Name

Remember Me?

Password

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.